Short story competitions, for woman's magazines only?

dave green

dave green

The competition winners in WN and WM seem to favour the sort of short story featured in womans' magazines.

Any writer who 'walks on the dark side' hasn't got a look in. Let's face it, with titles featuring boy scouts and 'boy meets girl', writers who walk the darker walk haven't got a chance of winning. Where's the regular horror story competition?

Carol

Haven't had a good look yet, but was there anything mentioned in the list of competitions to come, in the competitions insert with WM?

Carol

In WM the Competitions insert look at page 8, WM Dec 2007 short story is: Murder, or WN August 07 last line: He just disappeared into the shadows.
That gives you scope surely.

doodle

if you haven't already, try www.darktales.co.uk/
- also, Writers Forum magazine comps have no set theme and seem to choose 'grittier' winners

Tilly

Dave, have you looked at the JBWB website (Jacqui Bennet Writers Bureau)? They list several magazines that publish stories with a darker theme.